US1089824A - Tee-box. - Google Patents

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L. F. DEMING.

TEE BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1913 Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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LUCIUS F. DEMING, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TEE-BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Application filed May 31, 1913. Serial No. 770,816.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUoIUs F. DEMING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tee-Boxes, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My present invention consists in a golfers appliance or golf course appurtenance known as a tee box, of novel construction, and devised with the object of providing a simple, durable and effective device for the purpose, which can be produced at a relatively low cost of manufacture, andv in which the receptacle for the water needed for washing the golf balls and for moistening the tee forming sand is conveniently lo cated and is so mounted with respect to the sand receptacle forming a part of the tee box that water may be readily discharged from it onto the sand in the sand receptacle from time to time as required.

The various features of novelty which characterize my invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention however, and of the advantages possessed by it, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which I have illustrated a preferred form of my improved tee box.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan View; and Fig. 3 is a partial sectional elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

In the preferred form of construction illustrated in the drawings the tee box structuro comprises a pedestal consisting of a spider-like base member A formed in its hub portion with a central vertical and tl'ireaded socket A Advantageously, though not necessarily, the arms A of the base member may terminate at their outer ends in downturned portions A to facilitate the proper setting of the tee box on the ground. T ie post B has its lower end threaded into the socket A of the base member and is threaded at its upper end into a socket C formed in the lower side of the hub portion of a top pedestal member C which is generally similar in shape to the base member A although advantageously as shown, the

arms C are shorter than the arms A, and are not provided with projections similar to the projections A". The members A and C are ordinarily made of cast iron. The sand box 1), which may advantageously be in the form of a shallow, round metallic vessel, rests upon the top member C and is formed with a central aperture D to receive the water receptacle support E which also serves to prevent the accidental or unwarranted removal of the sand receptacle from its supporting pedestal. The support E is threaded at its lower end into a socket C" formed in the hub portion of the top member C, and preferably in coaxial alinement with, but smaller in diameter than the socket C The support E which, like the base 13, may advantageously be formed of gas or water pipe, is bent to provide a horizontal upper portion E and an offset intermediate portion. A water receptacle F is supported by, and is free to swing on the horizontal portion E of the support E. As shown, the water receptacle F is connected to the sup port E by passing the latter through diametrically opposed apertures F formed in the receptacle near its upper edge. The receptacle F is held against accidental removal by means of a cap E screwed onto the free end of the horizontal portion E of support E. Preferably, as shown, the receptacle F is centrally disposed above the post B and normally clears the offset intermedi ate portion of the support E. Advantageously, however, the receptacle F is capable of a slight movement lengthwise of the portion E so that the lower edge of the receptacle may be brought into contact with the intermediate portion of the support E when this is desirable to prevent the receptacle from swinging freely in high winds.

In operation the tee forming sand is placed in the receptacle l and the water may be. discharged onto this sand from the receptacle F from time to time as desired to keep the sand moist by simply tilting the receptaclo F on its horizontal support. i\(,lvantagcously the receptacle F maybe forlnol'l with small discharge openings F at ils opposite sides slightly below the top of the re ceptacle to reduce the tilting motion required for the discharge of water onto the sand. The provision of these discharge or]- ices also reduces the liability to an inad vertent discharge of an excess of water onto the sand. The water receptacle F also forms a convenient receptacle in which to wash golf balls when this is desirable as is frequently the case to make the balls more readily visible. Any water which is spilled out of the receptacle F in washing golf balls will fall for the most part onto the sand in the receptacle D owing to the arrangement of the receptacle F centrally above the receptacle D.

Inasmuch as the center of gravity of the sand receptacle D and the water receptacle F are both in line with the post B, the sand receptacle and water receptacle may each be located at a convenient height without requiring the device as a whole to be made unduly heavy to secure the desired strength and the stability necessary to prevent the device from blowing over in high winds. The comparatively light weight of the device is an advantage: first, because of the consequent reduction in cost of manufacture; and also, because it makes it an easier matter to move the tee box from one position to an other. The comparative ease with which the tee box may be moved is of some importance in view of the common practice in modern golf courses of providing two or more tees for each hole, the different tees being used at different times, depending on climatic conditions, the conditions of the course and other causes. lVith a plurality of tees for a single hole it is desirable to have one tee box for each hole which can be readily moved from one to another of the tees for the hole. Advantageously, as shown, the central aperture in the bottom or the sand receptacle is made slightly larger than necessary to receive the support E so that any excess of water which may pass into the sand receptacle during a rainstorm, or may accidentally be discharged into the receptacle from the water receptacle F may readily drain off.

It will be apparent that the improved tee box is not only simple and compact and attractive rather than unattractive in appearance, but is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and is highly durable. The sand receptacle and water receptacle which may well be made of galvanized sheet iron, and are the parts which are more apt to deteriorate first, may be readily and inexpensively renewed when this becomes necessary.

lVhile in accordance with the provisions of the statutes l have illustrated and described the best form of my invention now known to me, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the form of the apparatus disclosed without departing from the spirit of my invention and that under some conditions certain features of my invention may be used with out a corresponding use of other features.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A tee box comprising in combination, a pedestal, a sand receptacle mounted on said pedestal, a support connected at its lower end to said pedestal and passing upward through the sand box, a water receptacle mounted on said support and adapted to swing relative thereto to discharge water into said sand receptacle.

2. A tee box comprising in combination, a pedestal consisting of base and top members each formed with a central socket, post having its lower end entered in the socket of the base member and its upper end entered in the socket ot the top member, a sand box mounted on said top member, a water receptacle support secured at its lower end to said pedestal and a water receptacle mounted on said support above said sand box and adapted to swing relative to said support to discharge water into said sand receptacle.

3. A tee box comprising in combination, a pedestal consisting of base and top members each formed with a central socket, a post having its lower end entered in the socket of the base member and its upper end entered in the socket of the top member, a sand box mounted on said top member and formed with a central aperture, a water receptacle support passing through said aperture and secured at its lower end to said pedestal, and a water receptacle mounted on said support above said sand box and adapted to swing relative to said support to dis charge water into said sand receptacle.

at. A tee box comprising in combination, a pedestal consisting of spider-like top and bottom members formed with central hub portions, a tubular postthreaded at its lower end into the hub portion of the base member and at its upper end into the hub portion of the top member, a sand box resting on the top member and formed with a central aperture, a pipe comprising a lower vertical portion a horizontal upper portion and an intermediate portion, said lower portion pass ing through said aperture and being thread ed into the hub portion 0]": said top member, and a water receptacle provided with apertures receiving and being thereby supported by said horizontal portion and adapted to swing thereon to discharge into said sand box, said intermediate portion of said pipe being ofl set to normally clear said water receptacle.

Lucius r. DEMING.

Witnesses ARNOLD KATZ, D. STEWART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G.

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